tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24409949.post5438067630438120257..comments2023-09-24T08:07:45.372-06:00Comments on Foothills Fancies: Waves of LandSLWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07574103178321487531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24409949.post-43647204012317601922009-02-08T08:27:00.000-07:002009-02-08T08:27:00.000-07:00Anon-- THANK YOU so much for sharing/confirming my...Anon-- THANK YOU so much for sharing/confirming my fond memory of this poem. Where did you go to college? I have half a hunch that a professor wrote it to help us learn the difference between poetry and half-baked metaphor... but maybe your confirmation two decades later suggests otherwise.<BR/><BR/>And I've little doubt your corrections are valid-- after all, it's been almost 40 years! Although memory fails, I'm happy to hear someone else loves this poem. Please write again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24409949.post-67299952137752042492009-02-07T21:13:00.000-07:002009-02-07T21:13:00.000-07:00Hello, I think I know this poem also. I think you...Hello, I think I know this poem also. I think you got most of it right, but memory of it is slightly different.<BR/><BR/>Instead of "Dwells in the one demsion, length", I remember it as "Lies in the one dimension, length"<BR/><BR/>Instead of "Who can, from raspberry vines and air,<BR/>Devise himself a rocking chair." I remember it as " ... can CONSTRUCT himself a rocking chair."<BR/><BR/>Instead of "Who though from ground he scarce can rise<BR/>Appropriates man’s paradise." I remember it as "Who though from DUST he sacarce can rise...".<BR/><BR/>Instead of "I strive like Adam every spring<BR/>To conjure that elusive thing:" I remember it as "...THIS elusive thing"<BR/><BR/>Instead of "An Eden with my hoe and rake<BR/>The serpent only God can make." I remember it as "... A serpent.." not "The".<BR/><BR/>Pretty minor differences. I memorized this poem about 20 years ago because I liked it so much. No guarantee that I have it exactly right. I just did a Google search also and can find no mention of it. AMAZING!! I don't remember the author nor the book I read it in. Sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com